French Farmhouse Living Room Reveal

As promised I am ready to do a reveal. No, not the kitchen but I promise it is coming very soon. Today I am going to show y'all our living room transformation. If you follow me on FaceBook you know what a time I had taking pictures of the space. I had over 400 pics downloaded and the computer ate every last one of them and erased them from my camera so I had to hurry and take pics all over again before I lost my light. I guess that is how it goes in the life of a blogger!;)

This is what our living room transformed into over the last four years. We started with builder grade everything to include carpet. The walls were the first thing I changed after we moved in. They were Sherwin Williams Whole Wheat. It is a lovely color but it made the space very dark and I was ready to lighten and brighten.

Welcome to our new living room! 

Still adding to the gallery wall.

My mama bought me this lovely lady for my birthday back in the spring. FaceBook followers have seen her transformed from a mustard yellow to a lady of royalty. Her crown is made from a paper cupcake holder!:)

I still have to hang our smocked burlap curtains but since that involves cutting down metal rods and will take awhile I figured I can just share the curtains in another post. 

Wall Color- Classic Khaki Olympic One. This paint truly covered in just one coat!

Tufted Chair- Home Goods but you can also order off of Overstock.com

Ottoman- Made in Build Your Own Ottoman Class Metamorphosis Designs

Coffee Table- Overstock.com

Rug- Overstock.com

Mora Clock- from local shop Laurie's

Couch- Flexsteel purchased locally from Furniture Traditions

Fireplace- Painted four years ago with latex paint and glaze. Paint color I used was Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams. I do not remember what color glaze I used.

Thank you for stopping by!

Linking up to the following linky parties:
Be Inspired Friday
Party Junk
Remodelaholic
Metamorphosis Monday
Amaze Me Monday
The Scoop
Tuesday Treasures
Wow Us Wednesday

Living Room Changes = A Few Reveals

I have been busy working on the living room make over and of course that means there are a lot of mini makeovers.

The first being this area by the fireplace. I have always loved this little vintage dresser that The Nana found for me back when The Hubster and I bought our first home. It has sat in this exact same spot for four years now and I was ready to find it a new home.

In came this beat up water damaged secretary that only a gal like myself could love. If you missed my post on what it looked like before you can click here. 

Now this space by the fireplace is lighter and brighter. I used Old White and Old Ochre for this piece. I debated on doing a different color but after playing around with it I decided to stay neutral with the piece since it is right by our fauxed fireplace which I love and will not be painting. If I used another color I feel the fireplace and the secretary would have been competing for attention. I just wanted them to co-mingle!;)

 Of course I had to distress the secretary in areas to give it that time worn feel.

The drawers which were in horrible shape came out surprisingly well I think. I was able to get most of the bubbles out of the veneer. The rest we will just say adds character!;)

I left the inside of the desk in its original glory. I always like to try and save some part of the original piece if at all possible. That and I wanted to tie the wood into the rest of the living room.

Pictures of the boys great grandmas! That is my Nanny holding my mama. The other picture is The Hubster's Grandma Lillian on the left. Sure do miss these ladies!

At the beginning of this year I had shared with y'all my frenchy chandy and sconces score from the local yard sale site. The chandy went up in the dining room back in February but it has taken till now for me to decide where to put the sconces. 

Since I was not able to hard wire them where I originally wanted them I asked The Papa to help me make them plug ins. It was a fairly simple project and only cost about $10 for the supplies.

Now one of the sconces hangs by the fireplace. We changed the light bulbs out to night lite light bulbs because other bulbs were glaringly bright. This way they look more like candles.

Next up I just need to finish accessorizing the living room and I will be ready to share its full reveal.

Thanx for stopping by today!:)

Linking up to the following linky parties:
Open House Party
Power of Paint Party
Fabulously Creative Friday
Feathered Nest Friday
Furniture Feature Friday
That DIY Party
Wow Us Wednesdays